82 FR 43008 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal of an Existing Collection; Comment Request
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 176 (September 13, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 176 (September 13, 2017)
| Page Range | 43008-43009 | |
| FR Document | 2017-19461 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 13, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 43008-43009] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-19461] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0440; FRL-9966-08] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal of an Existing Collection; Comment Request AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The ICR, entitled: ``Plant-Incorporated Protectants; CBI Substantiation and Adverse Effects Reporting,'' and identified by EPA ICR No. 1693.09 and OMB Control No. 2070-0142, represents the renewal of an existing ICR that is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2018. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection that is summarized in this document. The ICR and accompanying material are available in the docket for public review and comment. DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 13, 2017. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0440, by one of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryne Yarger, Field and External Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460- 0001; telephone number: (703) 605-1193; email address: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. What information is EPA particularly interested in? Pursuant to PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), EPA specifically solicits comments and information to enable it to: 1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility. [[Page 43009]] 2. Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimates of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used. 3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected. 4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. In particular, EPA is requesting comments from very small businesses (those that employ less than 25) on examples of specific additional efforts that EPA could make to reduce the paperwork burden for very small businesses affected by this collection. II. What information collection activity or ICR does this action apply to? Title: Plant-Incorporated Protectants; CBI Substantiation and Adverse Effects Reporting. ICR number: EPA ICR No. 1693.09. OMB control number: OMB Control No. 2070-0142. ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on May 31, 2018. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations in title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), after appearing in the Federal Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The display of OMB control numbers for certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. Abstract: This ICR addresses the two information collection requirements described in regulations pertaining to pesticidal substances that are produced by plants (plant-incorporated protectants) and which are codified in 40 CFR part 174. A plant-incorporated protectant (PIP) is defined as ``the pesticidal substance that is intended to be produced and used in a living plant and the genetic material necessary for the production of such a substance.'' Many, but not all, PIPs are exempt from registration requirements under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Registrants sometimes include in a submission to EPA for registration of PIPs information that they claim to be CBI. CBI is protected by FIFRA and generally cannot be released to the public. For most pesticide registration applications, the current CBI regulations at 40 CFR part 2 require that claimants substantiate their CBI claims for their own records when the claim is made, and subsequently provide the substantiation to EPA only if requested. However, under 40 CFR part 174, whenever a registrant claims that information submitted to EPA in support of a PIP registration application contains CBI, the registrant must substantiate such claims to EPA when they are made. In addition, 40 CFR part 174 also requires manufacturers of PIPs that are otherwise exempted from registration requirements to report any adverse effects of the PIP to the Agency within 30 days of when the information is first obtained. Such reporting will allow the Agency to determine whether further action is needed to prevent unreasonable adverse effects to human health or the environment. Burden statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 21.5 hours per CBI substantiation and 7 hours per adverse effects reporting response. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(b). The ICR, which is available in the docket along with other related materials, provides a detailed explanation of the collection activities and the burden estimate that is only briefly summarized here: Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this ICR include producers and importers of PIPs. The NAICS codes for respondents under this ICR include: 325320 (Pesticide and other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing), 325414 (Biological Products (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing), 422910 (Farm Supplies Wholesalers), 422930 (Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florist's Suppliers), 541710 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences), and 611310 (Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools). Estimated total number of potential respondents: 24. Frequency of response: On occasion. Estimated total average number of responses for each respondent: 1. Estimated total annual burden hours: 518 hours. Estimated total annual costs: $41,892. There are no non-burden hour paperwork costs, e.g., investment or maintenance and operational costs, included in this information collection. III. Are there changes in the estimates from the last approval? There is an increase of 86 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the ICR currently approved by OMB. This increase reflects EPA's updating of burden estimates for this collection based upon historical information on the number of CBI substantiations per year. Based upon revised estimates, the number of CBI substantiations per year has increased from 20 to 24, with a corresponding increase in the associated burden. This change is an adjustment. IV. What is the next step in the process for this ICR? EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal Register document pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB. If you have any questions about this ICR or the approval process, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Dated: August 17, 2017. Louise P. Wise, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. [FR Doc. 2017-19461 Filed 9-12-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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DRAFT RISK ASSESSMENTS BEING MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT—Continued
Registration review case name and number Docket ID No. Chemical review manager and contact information
Trifloxystrobin, Case Number 7028 ............... EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0074 Moana Appleyard, appleyard.moana@epa.gov (703) 308–8175.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.53(c), EPA is • The data or information submitted the renewal of an existing ICR that is
providing an opportunity, through this must be presented in a legible and scheduled to expire on May 31, 2018.
notice of availability, for interested useable form. For example, an English Before submitting the ICR to OMB for
parties to provide comments and input translation must accompany any review and approval, EPA is soliciting
concerning the Agency’s draft human material that is not in English and a comments on specific aspects of the
health and/or ecological risk written transcript must accompany any proposed information collection that is
assessments for the pesticides listed in information submitted as an summarized in this document. The ICR
the Table in Unit III. Since an ecological audiographic or videographic record. and accompanying material are
risk assessment for the pyrethroids, Written material may be submitted in available in the docket for public review
including etofenprox, gamma- paper or electronic form. and comment.
cyhalothrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, • Submitters must clearly identify the DATES: Comments must be received on
permethrin, pyrethrins, and tau- source of any submitted data or or before November 13, 2017.
fluvalinate, was previously published information.
• Submitters may request the Agency ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
for comment in the Federal Register in
to reconsider data or information that identified by docket identification (ID)
November 2016, this Notice is
the Agency rejected in a previous number EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0440, by
announcing the availability of the
review. However, submitters must one of the following methods:
human health risk assessments for these
chemicals. For imidacloprid, a explain why they believe the Agency • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
preliminary pollinator only risk should reconsider the data or www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
assessment was completed in January information in the pesticide’s instructions for submitting comments.
2016 and an aquatic species only registration review. Do not submit electronically any
ecological risk assessment was As provided in 40 CFR 155.58, the information you consider to be
completed in January 2017. Both of registration review docket for each Confidential Business Information (CBI)
these were previously published for pesticide case will remain publicly or other information whose disclosure is
comment in the Federal Register and accessible through the duration of the restricted by statute.
thus this Notice is announcing the registration review process; that is, until • Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental
availability of the human health all actions required in the final decision Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/
assessment for imidacloprid. The on the registration review case have DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
Agency will consider all comments been completed. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001.
received during the public comment • Hand Delivery: To make special
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
period and make changes, as arrangements for hand delivery or
Dated: August 24, 2017. delivery of boxed information, please
appropriate, to a draft human health
Charles Smith, follow the instructions at http://
and/or ecological risk assessment. EPA
may then issue a revised risk Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. Additional instructions on
assessment, explain any changes to the
draft risk assessment, and respond to [FR Doc. 2017–19463 Filed 9–12–17; 8:45 am] commenting or visiting the docket,
comments. In the Federal Register BILLING CODE 6560–50–P along with more information about
notice announcing the availability of the dockets generally, is available at http://
revised risk assessment, if the revised www.epa.gov/dockets.
risk assessment indicates risks of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
concern, the Agency may provide a AGENCY Ryne Yarger, Field and External Affairs
comment period for the public to submit [EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0440; FRL–9966–08] Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide
suggestions for mitigating the risk Programs, Environmental Protection
identified in the revised risk assessment Agency Information Collection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
before developing a proposed Activities; Proposed Renewal of an Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
registration review decision for the Existing Collection; Comment Request number: (703) 605–1193; email address:
pesticides identified above. AGENCY: Environmental Protection yarger.ryne@epa.gov.
1. Information submission Agency (EPA). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
requirements. Anyone may submit data ACTION: Notice.
or information in response to this I. What information is EPA particularly
document. To be considered during a interested in?
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
pesticide’s registration review, the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this Pursuant to PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A)
submitted data or information must document announces that EPA is (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), EPA
meet the following requirements: planning to submit an Information specifically solicits comments and
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• To ensure that EPA will consider Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of information to enable it to:
data or information submitted, Management and Budget (OMB). The 1. Evaluate whether the proposed
interested persons must submit the data ICR, entitled: ‘‘Plant-Incorporated collection of information is necessary
or information during the comment Protectants; CBI Substantiation and for the proper performance of the
period. The Agency may, at its Adverse Effects Reporting,’’ and functions of the Agency, including
discretion, consider data or information identified by EPA ICR No. 1693.09 and whether the information will have
submitted at a later date. OMB Control No. 2070–0142, represents practical utility.
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2. Evaluate the accuracy of the protected by FIFRA and generally III. Are there changes in the estimates
Agency’s estimates of the burden of the cannot be released to the public. For from the last approval?
proposed collection of information, most pesticide registration applications, There is an increase of 86 hours in the
including the validity of the the current CBI regulations at 40 CFR total estimated respondent burden
methodology and assumptions used. part 2 require that claimants compared with that identified in the ICR
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and substantiate their CBI claims for their currently approved by OMB. This
clarity of the information to be own records when the claim is made, increase reflects EPA’s updating of
collected. and subsequently provide the
4. Minimize the burden of the burden estimates for this collection
substantiation to EPA only if requested. based upon historical information on
collection of information on those who However, under 40 CFR part 174,
are to respond, including through the the number of CBI substantiations per
whenever a registrant claims that year. Based upon revised estimates, the
use of appropriate automated electronic, information submitted to EPA in
mechanical, or other technological number of CBI substantiations per year
support of a PIP registration application has increased from 20 to 24, with a
collection techniques or other forms of contains CBI, the registrant must
information technology, e.g., permitting corresponding increase in the associated
substantiate such claims to EPA when burden. This change is an adjustment.
electronic submission of responses. In they are made. In addition, 40 CFR part
particular, EPA is requesting comments 174 also requires manufacturers of PIPs IV. What is the next step in the process
from very small businesses (those that that are otherwise exempted from for this ICR?
employ less than 25) on examples of registration requirements to report any
specific additional efforts that EPA EPA will consider the comments
adverse effects of the PIP to the Agency received and amend the ICR as
could make to reduce the paperwork within 30 days of when the information
burden for very small businesses appropriate. The final ICR package will
is first obtained. Such reporting will then be submitted to OMB for review
affected by this collection. allow the Agency to determine whether and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
II. What information collection activity further action is needed to prevent 1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal
or ICR does this action apply to? unreasonable adverse effects to human Register document pursuant to 5 CFR
health or the environment. 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the
Title: Plant-Incorporated Protectants;
CBI Substantiation and Adverse Effects Burden statement: The annual public submission of the ICR to OMB and the
Reporting. reporting and recordkeeping burden for opportunity to submit additional
ICR number: EPA ICR No. 1693.09. this collection of information is comments to OMB. If you have any
OMB control number: OMB Control estimated to average 21.5 hours per CBI questions about this ICR or the approval
No. 2070–0142. substantiation and 7 hours per adverse process, please contact the person listed
ICR status: This ICR is currently effects reporting response. Burden is under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
scheduled to expire on May 31, 2018. defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(b). CONTACT.
An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, The ICR, which is available in the Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
and a person is not required to respond docket along with other related
to, a collection of information, unless it Dated: August 17, 2017.
materials, provides a detailed Louise P. Wise,
displays a currently valid OMB control explanation of the collection activities
number. The OMB control numbers for Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of
and the burden estimate that is only
EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the Code Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.
briefly summarized here:
of Federal Regulations (CFR), after [FR Doc. 2017–19461 Filed 9–12–17; 8:45 am]
appearing in the Federal Register when Respondents/Affected Entities: BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, Entities potentially affected by this ICR
are displayed either by publication in include producers and importers of
the Federal Register or by other PIPs. The NAICS codes for respondents
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
appropriate means, such as on the under this ICR include: 325320
COMMISSION
related collection instrument or form, if (Pesticide and other Agricultural
applicable. The display of OMB control Chemical Manufacturing), 325414 [OMB 3060–0755]
numbers for certain EPA regulations is (Biological Products (except Diagnostic)
Manufacturing), 422910 (Farm Supplies Information Collection Being Reviewed
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. by the Federal Communications
Abstract: This ICR addresses the two Wholesalers), 422930 (Flower, Nursery
Stock, and Florist’s Suppliers), 541710 Commission Under Delegated
information collection requirements
(Research and Development in the Authority
described in regulations pertaining to
pesticidal substances that are produced Physical, Engineering, and Life AGENCY: Federal Communications
by plants (plant-incorporated Sciences), and 611310 (Colleges, Commission.
protectants) and which are codified in Universities, and Professional Schools).
ACTION: Notice and request for
40 CFR part 174. A plant-incorporated Estimated total number of potential comments.
protectant (PIP) is defined as ‘‘the respondents: 24.
pesticidal substance that is intended to Frequency of response: On occasion. SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
be produced and used in a living plant to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
Estimated total average number of
and the genetic material necessary for required by the Paperwork Reduction
responses for each respondent: 1.
the production of such a substance.’’ Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
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Many, but not all, PIPs are exempt from Estimated total annual burden hours: Communications Commission (FCC or
registration requirements under the 518 hours. the Commission) invites the general
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Estimated total annual costs: $41,892. public and other Federal agencies to
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Registrants There are no non-burden hour take this opportunity to comment on the
sometimes include in a submission to paperwork costs, e.g., investment or following information collection.
EPA for registration of PIPs information maintenance and operational costs, Comments are requested concerning:
that they claim to be CBI. CBI is included in this information collection. Whether the proposed collection of
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| Dates | Comments must be received on or before November 13, 2017. | |
| Contact | Ryne Yarger, Field and External Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460- | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 43008 |
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